Folding stool



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FOLDING STOOL Filed Mafch 12, 1940 Tg.1. 2 l I 2 9,13, I

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 14, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDING STOOL Samuel W. Stanton, Madison, Fla.

Application March 12, 1940, Serial No. 323,605

2 Claims.

This invention aims to provide a stool for outof-door use, so constructed that it will maintain an upright position on the soil, it being possible to fol-d the stool readily and to carry it about.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a stool constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the stool folded.

The stool forming the subject matter of this application comprises a seat I, including parallel cleats 2, secured to the under surface of the seat, midway between the sides of the seat. A central pivot element 3 and an offset pivot element 30 are mounted in the cleats 2.

The device includes a base 4, made up of parallel, elongated feet 5, carrying a central pivot element 6 and a laterally offset pivot element 6|].

A post 1 is provided and is mounted to swing on the pivot element 3, between the cleats 2. Intermediate its ends, the post 1 is carried by the pivot element 6. The post I is extended below the base 4, to form an earth entering-prong 8, which may be metal-shod, as shown at 9, the prong being tapered, to enter the earth easily.

A prop I is disposed parallel to the post 1, in transversely spaced relation with respect thereto. The upper end of the prop I 0 is mounted on the pivot element 30, between the cleats 2, and the lower end of the post is mounted on the pivot element 60, between the constituent feet of the base 4.

The prong 8 may be thrust into the ground, until the base 4 rests on the surface of the ground and, then, the prop ID will hold the seat I in the horizontal position depicted in Fig. 1.

The device may be folded into the condition shown in Fig. 3, the prop I0 and the post 1 coming into contact. The article then may be carried about readily, through the instrumentality of a handle 12 secured to one edge of the seat I.

Spacing washers Il may be mounted on the pivot elements 3, 30, 60 and 6, on opposite sides of the post 1 and the prop ill, to facilitate the folding of the stool.

The device is simple in construction, rigid and substantial when in a condition for use, and capable of being folded into small compass, as delineated in Fig. 3. The stool preferably, but not necessarily, is made of wood. The prong 8 can be thrust into the soil by sitting on the stool, and no hammering is required.

What is claimed is:

1. A foldable and portable stool comprising a seat, a base, a single post, means for pivotally assembling the upper end of the post with the seat, at a place directly below the geometrical center of the seat, means for pivotally assembling the intermediate portion of the post with the base, at a place midway between the ends of the base, the post extending below the base to form a ground-entering prong of such length as to afford practical and substantial support against lateral tilting, the base being narrower than the seat, a single brace disposed at one side of the post, means for pivotally assembling the upper end of the brace with the seat, and means for pivotally assembling the lower end of the brace with the base, all of the means specified being so located that the stool may be folded to bring the post and the brace into edge-to-edge longitudinal contact.

2. A foldable and portable stool comprising a seat, depending parallel cleats secured to the seat, a base made up of parallel elongated feet, a single post disposed substantially below the geometrical center of the seat and having its upper end disposed between the cleats, the lower end of the post being extended between the feet, substantially midway between the ends of the feet, a single brace disposed in parallel relation to the post, the upper end of the brace being disposed between the cleats, the lower end of the brace being disposed between the feet, means for pivoting the upper ends of the post and the brace to the cleats, and means for pivoting the lower end of the brace and the intermediate portion of the post to the feet, the post extending below the feet to form a ground-entering prong of such length as to afford a practical and substantial support against lateral tilting.

SAMUEL W. STANTON. 

